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Covenant's Biology Department is now officially
part of Tri-Beta!
As many of you may have heard, Covenant College has started
its very own chapter of Beta Beta Beta, the national biology honors
society. Last year, the Biology Club applied at the national
headquarters and last semester Dr. Martin, a representative for Tri-Beta
came to visit Covenant to determine whether or not a chapter would be
approved here. Well, the waiting is over. We have been officially
approved to start our own chapter! The chapter has already held
inductions, a leadership board has been created and this will take
over the responsibilities of our current Biology Club.
About
Tri-Beta
| Beta Beta Beta (TriBeta) is a society for students, particularly
undergraduates, dedicated to improving the understanding and
appreciation of biological study and extending boundaries of human
knowledge through scientific research. Since its founding in 1922,
more than 175,000 persons have been accepted into lifetime
membership, and more than 430 chapters have been established
throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. TriBeta was founded
in 1922 at Oklahoma City University--the Alpha Chapter--by Dr. Frank
G. Brooks and a group of his students. The idea of an honor and
professional society for biology students spread rapidly and by
1925, the society was a national organization. Biennial national
conventions of student and faculty members began in that year and in
1930 the society journal, BIOS, began publication of student
research, articles of interest to biologists and society news. As
the society grew, it was divided into regional and district groups,
each of which holds a convention annually. At the heart of every
district and national meeting are student research papers presented
in the style of graduate meetings. Awards are given for outstanding
individual and chapter accomplishment. To learn more, visit
the official TriBeta Website:
http://www.tri-beta.org/
What this means for
you!
Because we have been
granted this great honor, we hope to become active and useful
members in our chapter. Those of us on the Leadership
Board have spent many hours planning and praying for our first year
as members of TriBeta. We will continue to update through this
website and other means the different events, speakers, and service
projects we plan to implement through the course of the semester. It
is our hope to ultimately engage not only those of us officially in
Tri Beta, but all those who have an interest in biology by
continuing to delve into the wonderful of biology and all of God's
creation.
For more information or
any questions you might have contact:
Katie Wert. Email
wert@covenant.edu
or
Kyle Johnson. Email
kjohnson@covenant.edu
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EVENT SCHEDULE:
(we are currently in
the process of planning several events for the semester and will
include those updates as they happen) |
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Katie Wert (President)
Kyle Johnson (VP)
Laura Reed (Sec.)
Mary Hamilton
Chestnut (Historian) |
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